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M8U00D71 Indexing Plungers Dimensions

Controlling dimensions to Trade series (GN 817), with tolerances and fit.

M8U00D71 Indexing Plungers are dimensioned by Trade series (GN 817). The controlling dimensions, tolerance classes and assembly data are tabulated below.

Figures are nominal values from the governing standard. Confirm against the tolerance class for your application before machining or ordering.

M8U00D71 Indexing Plungers Dimensions reference image

The M8U00D71 size of Indexing Plungers is dimensioned by Trade series (GN 817). The table below gives the dimensional row from the standard, followed by the installation notes for this type.

M8U00D71 Dimensional Row (Trade series (GN 817))

Thread sizePin diameter (mm)Pin stroke options (mm)TypesHousingPinKnob
M8u00d7144 / 6B / BK / C / CK / G / GKblackened steelhardened steelpolyamide

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Dimensions & Specifications (Trade series (GN 817))

Thread sizePin diameter (mm)Pin stroke options (mm)TypesHousingPinKnob
M8u00d7144 / 6B / BK / C / CK / G / GKblackened steelhardened steelpolyamide
M10u00d7155 / 8B / BK / C / CK / G / GKblackened steelhardened steelpolyamide
M12u00d71.566 / 9B / BK / C / CK / G / GKblackened steelhardened steelpolyamide
M16u00d71.588 / 12B / BK / C / CK / G / GKblackened steelhardened steelpolyamide
M20u00d71.51212 / 15B / BK / C / CK / G / GKblackened steelhardened steelpolyamide
M24u00d721616 / 20B / BK / C / CK / G / GKblackened steelhardened steelpolyamide

Applications & Industries for M8U00D71 Indexing Plungers

The sectors that buy Indexing Plungers, and the duty each one buys them for. Stocked from M8u00d71 to M24u00d72.

Industries that specify Indexing Plungers

  • Agricultural machinery Adjustable hitch, guard and linkage positions.
  • Conveyor systems Hand-released changeover points that re-engage positively.
  • Access equipment Folding frames and platforms held at selected positions.
  • Tooling and workholding Manual indexing of fixture positions with a retractable hardened pin.
  • Machine building Hinges, pivots and linkages carrying light to moderate shear.
  • Agricultural & plant Implement connections made and broken in the field.

Typical applications

  • choosing pin diameter and stroke for the hole pattern
  • locking an adjustable mechanism when the knob is released
  • replacing a loose indexing pin in a frequently changed assembly
  • retracting a hardened pin by hand to release an indexed position
  • quick connections made and broken by hand
  • locating two parts to a repeatable position

Service conditions to specify against

Marine and coastal
Available in A4 (316) stainless for chloride exposure — coastal structures, pool halls, water treatment and deck hardware, where A2 will eventually pit.
Hole preparation
The hole is half the specification: a ground dowel needs a reamed H7 hole, a grooved or spring pin will hold in a drilled one.

Where to use something else

  • Do not rely on the plunger for a structural load path; the mating pin hole and a separate retainer carry that duty.

Full application guide: where Indexing Plungers are used, how to specify them, and the cases they are wrong for

Inside the plant

Manufactured in our own plant

This part is cold-formed, threaded, heat-treated and finished in-house. The stages below are where its class and finish are actually decided.

  1. Wire rod feeding into a cold heading machine
    01

    Cold heading

    Wire rod is drawn to size and cold-formed into blanks. Forming rather than cutting keeps the grain flow continuous around the head, which is where a bolt is most likely to fail.

    Head dimensions and under-head radius checked at set-up and per shift.

  2. Thread rolling machine producing bolt threads
    02

    Thread rolling

    Threads are rolled between hardened dies rather than cut. Rolled threads are stronger in fatigue than cut threads and hold pitch and flank angle far more consistently across a batch.

    Go / no-go ring gauges to ISO 965 tolerance class 6g.

  3. Baskets of bolts staged for heat treatment
    03

    Heat treatment

    Quench-and-temper brings carbon and alloy steel to the property class ordered — 8.8, 10.9 or 12.9 — with the furnace charge tracked so a finished lot can be traced back to it.

    Core hardness and tensile tested per lot to ISO 898-1.

  4. Zinc plated bolts in a treatment basket
    04

    Surface treatment

    Zinc, zinc-nickel, hot-dip galvanizing, black oxide, phosphate and Dacromet, selected against the service environment rather than against the price list.

    Coating thickness and neutral salt spray hours to ISO 9227.

Frequently Asked Questions

Should M8U00D71 Indexing Plungers be tightened by torque or by angle?

For critical structural joints at M8U00D71, angle-controlled or stretch-controlled tightening is more repeatable than pure torque — the friction scatter at large diameters can dominate the torque signal.

What grip range is typical for M8U00D71 structural bolts?

Grip ranges are highly application-dependent at M8U00D71. As a guide, choose a length that gives at least 1× the thread diameter engagement in the nut plus 2–3 thread pitches projecting.

How do I request a quotation?

Use the technical drawing on this page to pick the exact configuration, then submit it with the quote form. We respond within one business day.